SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative High Efficiency Filter for Mars Dust
Award amount
$123,077Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- BLAZETECH CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2014-06-20
- Contract end date
- 2014-12-19
- UEI
- G1EMDH6JHKL5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- H1.01
Research abstract
To reduce the cost of space travel, NASA is developing In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) methods to collect and convert local resources into products that can be used during the mission. Towards this objective, BlazeTech is proposing the development of an innovative system to filter Mars dust from gas streams. Our system combines the cyclone concept with a spinning and cylinder that acts as a self cleaning filter. The main advantages of the proposed device over conventional systems are the self-cleaning aspect of the filter surface a reduction in pressure drop and volume requirements. This makes the concept particularly suitable for NASA's requirements which include a modest throughput but a high capture efficiency of the fine particles.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Improved Hypersonic Jet Interaction Modeling with Propulsion Exhaust Chemistry
- UAS Hazard Model (UHM)
- Lunar Dust Filter for Spacecraft Atmospheres
- Sparse-Aperture Passively-Cooled Window
- Delivery System and Compatible Chemicals for Rapid Collapse of Hi-EX Foam
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- In-Situ Ethylene and Methane Production from CO2 as Plastic Precursors
- Extraterrestrial Metals Processing
- High Capacity Multi-Stage Scroll Compressor for Mars Atmosphere Acquisition
- ISRU CO2 Recovery
- Planetary Volatiles Extractor for In-Situ Resource Utilization
Research funding history
50 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1990–2023). Reported award amounts total $14,406,455. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy